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@Shas:
Well, there are a lot of sad jokes about our post here in RF. We call it slowpost (slowpochta in Russian) mostly
Yet I can't complain about our post since every package I've shipped so far reached its destinations safe and sound within the estimated time. I hope this will remain the same.
The staff in my local post office are elderly women mostly, though they do their work surprisingly well (for the Russian post, ofc...).

By the way, the Russian Post track shows that your package passed the custom today and was exported to the US, so it should be in America fairly soon.

@Manus:
Cheers!

@CC:
I'd say that's quite a productive world view
Alright, than if you will order anything from me I'll sent the package via "land shipping"
Seriously, that's the only shipping options available in our post: air and land. And speaking of land one to US I always imagine this guy with the postman bag over his shoulder, walking slowly at the bottom of the ocean towards his destination...


Okey, I'm just kidding

The shipping price is 6 Euro.
And I'll be glad to see your conversions of the Ronin

Nice work on the heads, both painted and sculpted.

Interested to see what becomes of the sculpted head.

 ishkatar wrote:
@Shas:
Well, there are a lot of sad jokes about our post here in RF. We call it slowpost (slowpochta in Russian) mostly
Yet I can't complain about our post since every package I've shipped so far reached its destinations safe and sound within the estimated time. I hope this will remain the same.
The staff in my local post office are elderly women mostly, though they do their work surprisingly well (for the Russian post, ofc...).

By the way, the Russian Post track shows that your package passed the custom today and was exported to the US, so it should be in America fairly soon.

From the USPS:
Origin Post is Preparing Shipment.
We have received notice that the originating post is preparing to dispatch this mail piece.

So likely it will update later on today if it is on a plane it will say it is on a container for shipping. It will be interesting to see how long it takes them to update, the have been saying that a few days. Here we use the term slowpokes, as we are a nation of many immigrants and nativces we do have a lot of borrowed words from all over.

Ishkatar, just so you know, the Ronins are in New York already being looked over, I should have them tomorrow or the next day.

Pics posted of the ronin drop as it arrived today!

That's a great news, Shas!
And delivery took less than I've expected. Nice.
For those who wonders the pics are in the Shasolenzabi's thread.

Here's a sneak preview
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Few more of my recent paintjobs for Brother Vinni:
Warning: tits!

oh...that´s again done by you?...just saw the release post of Vinnie on his N&R thread...

I'm currently at school so I had to scroll over these ladies rather quickly...

Aye, I've been painting a lot of miniatures for Vinni recently, some of them are not posted yet. Girls, mostly, and surprisingly, not every girl was naked...

well... those not naked probably are in a state of torture or general distress... I see some unresolved issues either in his persona or of his customers...)

did you work on his take of the junglefighters?

Hehe, well, it might be so.
I can see a lot of potential in use of his "damsels in distress" for dioramas... But not my style, personally.

Yeap, I've painted the Female Brigade and male heads for his junglefighters.
Currently working on another Vinnie's figure - unusually clothed and male

...Through all this painting is fun and brings me some lowly wealth, I have to get back to sculpting -.-

I have to get back to sculpting -.- ...nothing to add here that´s a given fact!!!

and
unusually clothed and male


er...does that mean he is unusually clothed, or that it implies that he is also not into clothed men now?... hmmm... maybe Vinnie is testing the waters for cheesecake men models...I mean there must be wargaming girls out there that want some cheesecake models too, eh?...

^Yes I would buy them.

Lovely paintjobs ishkatar, kinky subject matter!

Somehow I find the idea of cheesecake male for wargaming girls fairly logic and appropriate
Though aint Catachan troops fill this niche already?

Thanks, Weety!

Nice painting although this thread has totally gone of subject also "warning tit's" you did mean that there is tits or are you warning that we are tits

Looks like this thread needs an update!
So here we go:

Another bunch of paintjob I've made for Brother Vinni (surprisingly, without an overwhelming amount of naked flesh ):


And ongoing commission:

For the Vinni, of course. It's a character from one great movie. Hopefully, I'll finish this work today and will be able to share the results and details soon.


But enough with Vinni's stuff! I guess some of you (most of you, I hope ) are here to see my own sculpting updates
And yes, I have something new to show!

Yet unnamed, this Tech-knight is rumored to be a Ronin's brother, sealed by the vow of silence and driven by the thirst of revenge. Once noble, but now lone and reckless, he roams the galaxy, hunting those who responsible for his Order destruction.

His body is almost finished.

Annnnd... This post is not over yet
The last week I was hoping to give away The Pilladger for casting to start production at last, but right before that I've discovered some drastic mistakes in my sculpt =/
I've sculpted his arms a few millimeters longer, which is a lot in such a scale.
While longer-then-should-be arms are typical for the heroic miniatures, I don't like this gorilloid proportions much and I want to find a good balance between heroic hyperbolization and realistic feel
Unfortunately, a simple cut off was not enough, since it disturbed to pose heavily, so I decided to resculpt the arms fully anew.
That's the story about my inattention

Thanks for reading!
Cheers!

so it was again you who painted the Arabic knights....good job! and how weird, minis of Vinnie without their mammary not hanging out

the new tech-knight looks very good... but I doubt if I ever would use that head... too much voodoo for my own taste... but it is expertly sculpted nevertheless...just a bit too much for my own needs... but the body looks cool!

and that cameo appeareance looks very promising... iirc the model will only have two blades at his side... but will it be able to get converted with pistols?..

and I also think that yon pilladger needs to get his arm pose a bit adjusted as it looks a slightly bit unnatural ...difficult to describe...

I guess two pistols will fit.

Aye, El Vik, that's what I was talking about. I believe, that's why his pose looks unnatural - due to the arm's length.

I see the latest Tech Knight is more battered and tattered! One that has seen better days with tabbard all ratty, his face and head full of repairs, He could speak through a vox in the throat like Dr. Phibes

Or, never speak, but act, "The Silent One"

Good work, Ish. The Vinni mini's look great.

Liking the cloth texture on the mystery man.

and nice sculpting, as always.

@Shas:
Yes, that's the idea. Unlike clean and techy SW-inspired Ronin, I want the new one to be more grimy and gloomy, chaotic even. Old and demented knight, inspired by the Heavy Metal magazine and Blanche.
I believe I'm on the right way


@Dr H:
Cheers!
Well, Vinni got his finished Mystery man today. Hopefully he will post the pics soon. It turned out really well, I think.

 ishkatar wrote:
@Shas:
Yes, that's the idea. Unlike clean and techy SW-inspired Ronin, I want the new one to be more grimy and gloomy, chaotic even. Old and demented knight, inspired by the Heavy Metal magazine and Blanche.
I believe I'm on the right way

Oh yeah very much a darker mini!

Amazing work, subscribed!

@Shas:
Yep! He will be even more menacing with his weapons!
Sword and board will be the first option, as he is a former noble knight after all. Still not sure about the second option and if he really needs it...

@Spartan089
Thanks and welcome!

 ishkatar wrote:
@Shas:
Yep! He will be even more menacing with his weapons!
Sword and board will be the first option, as he is a former noble knight after all. Still not sure about the second option and if he really needs it...

Oh give him weapons and arms for dual wielding, you know it is a cool concept



Or maybe

Cool, indeed.
In fact, I have an idea for two handed weapon, quite a cool one, imo, yet not sure if it will fit his concept.
On the other hand, I want some pew-pew for him as an option, so a big F gun can be a nice choice. And the pose supports this idea quite well too... Yes, right! I think, we've got a winner here...

 ishkatar wrote:
Cool, indeed.
In fact, I have an idea for two handed weapon, quite a cool one, imo, yet not sure if it will fit his concept.
On the other hand, I want some pew-pew for him as an option, so a big F gun can be a nice choice. And the pose supports this idea quite well too... Yes, right! I think, we've got a winner here...

so nasty 2 handed weapon and a BFG for the pew-pew crowd

Yep, sounds like a plan! Well, at least for now. We'll see...

 ishkatar wrote:
Yep, sounds like a plan! Well, at least for now. We'll see...

Sounds awesome. 2 handed weapon is also cool if double bladed




As I made my ronins a master of different weapons styles, I figure that the "fallen" or "Dark Ronin" also would engage in different disciplines